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Restaurant POS migration guide

Switching from Clover to SkyTab: restaurant migration checklist

A point-of-sale system (POS) is the software and hardware that takes orders and payments, and a kitchen display screen (KDS) is the screen that shows orders to the kitchen. A Clover restaurant can be evaluated for a move to SkyTab, but first separate the POS decision from the Clover contract and hardware obligations. Confirm whether equipment is owned or leased, identify the Clover apps that run the business, export restaurant data, and compare those workflows against the proposed SkyTab configuration before switching.

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What needs to be compared before you leave Clover

A POS switch is a business-process migration. The safe sequence is source capture, field mapping, owner approval, target configuration, testing, cutover, and acceptance. Do not cancel the source system until the records and workflows you need have been accounted for.

  • Restaurant menu, modifiers, taxes, discounts, and employee access
  • Clover App Market tools the restaurant actually depends on
  • Kitchen printers, KDS, handhelds, tables, and tip workflows
  • Customer, loyalty, and gift-card programs
  • Accounting, payroll, delivery, and online-ordering connections

Export this before canceling Clover

  • Inventory / menu and modifier exports
  • Customer export
  • Transaction and settlement reports
  • Current app list and app billing
  • Gift-card and loyalty balances
  • Hardware lease or financing documents

Watch-outs

Clover hardware leases or financing can survive a POS switch.

Third-party Clover apps may not have direct replacements.

Clover hardware should not be assumed compatible with SkyTab.

Tax and app settings may require manual reconfiguration even when core item data converts.

Conversion-path note

Norvet’s Shift4 onboarding material reviewed in 2026 references a Clover inventory export path. Treat that as a starting point, not a promise that every Clover object or third-party app transfers automatically.

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